Hand-truck



T. HARRIS.

\ HAND TRUCK. APPLICATION use DEC.19, 1919.

1,367,316. Patented Feb. 1,1921.

v Suuenhw UNITED STATES THOMAS HARRIS, 0F RAVENSXVOOD, NEW YORK.

HAND-TRUCK.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed December 19, 1919. Serial No. 345,947,

T 0 all to iwm it may concern:

Be it known that'l, THOMAS filARItlS, a citizen of the United States, and residing at Ravenswood, L. 1., in the county of Queens and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in I-land-Trucks, of which the following is a specification, such as will enable those skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to hand trucks, and the object of the invention is to provide a simple, cheap, and durable hand truck, and one which is so constructed that it may be conveniently used for handling boxes, barrels and like objects, or articles in moving the same from place to place; a further ob ject being to provide a removable foot piece which forms a support for articles placed on the truck; and with these and other ob jects in view the invention consists in the improved construction and arrangements of parts as hereinafter described and claimed.

The invention is fully disclosed in the following specification, of which the accompanying drawing forms a part, in which the separate parts of my improvement are des ignated by suitable reference characters in each of the views, and in which 2- Figure 1 is a perspective view of the improved truck;

Fig. 2 a similar view with the foot removed;

Fig. 3 a perspective view of the foot;

Fig. 4 a longitudinal sectional view; and,

Fig. 5 a bottom plan view of the lower end portion of the truck.

Referring to the drawings A is the body portion, B the axle, C the wheels and D the handle of the truck. To the under side of the body portion A are secured the spaced cross bars E, and between which the axle B is arranged. The cross bars E are connected by the plates F, F, and upon the plates F, blocks f are secured for holding the axle into firm engagement with the under side of the body portion. The plate F" is extended to the front of the body portion and is then bent at right angles to eX- tend upward above the top of the body portion, as at f to form a brace for a purpose hereinafter described.

The under side of the body portion is provided with a longitudinal recess in which the handle D, is secured by bolts (5, and to the rear end of the body portion at each corner thereof is secured a leg G. The handle is provided at'its ends with a cross bar (Z to form hand pieces. The handle is also provided with openings The forward end of the body portion is provided with a removable foot piece H. This foot piece consists of a bar h, provided on its front face with a plate of a width greater than that of the bar 72, so as to project above the same as clearly shown in the drawings. The bar It is provided with pins 72, on its under face to enter the openings 5; in the body portion A and also to enter the openings d in the handle D when the foot piece H is not in use. The rear face of the bar 71/ is recessed and extending across said recess is a plate 7L3, which plate with the recess forms a keeper or loop to receive the upwardly projecting end 7" of the plate F.

To the upper face of the body portion at its rear end is secured a cross bar or cleat I, which is of a length equal to the width of the body portion, and at the sides near the middle of the length of the body, cleats J are secured. These cleats with the foot piece serve as means for holding a box or barrel on the truck.

To prevent boxes and the like placed on the truck from coming in contact with the wheels, guards K are employed. These guards consist of angular plates secured upon the upper face of the body and each having a member thereof projecting over the wheels as shown.

By the above described construction, a cheap, strong and durable truck is produced and one upon which articles can be readily placed and removed.

It will be understood that the foot piece H will be preferably used when boxes, crates and the like are supported on the truck, and this foot piece is preferably removed and the projecting end f of the plate F is used when barrels and similar objects are supported on the truck, and while I have shown certain details of construction for carrying my invention into effect, it will be understood that various changes in and modifications of these details of construction may be made, within the scope of the appended claim, without departing from the spirit of my invention or sacrificing its advantages.

itlavii'ig fully described my invention,

Patented Feb. 1, 1921. i

h, which is what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

A hand truck of the class described comprising an oblong rectangular body portion, a handle member at one end of the body portion, the back of said body portion being provided adjacent to the lower end thereof with two transversely arranged and spaced strips, an axle mounted between and reinforced by said strips the ends of said axle extending beyond the sides of the body portion, wheels mounted on the protruding ends of said axle, and other'strips secured to said transversely arranged strips for holding said axle against displacement and one of said strips extending outwardly and up Wardly over the lower end of said body portion to form a footpiece therefor.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I have signed my name in presence of the subscribing witnesses this 15th day of December, 1919.

THOMAS HARRIS.

Witnesses:

C. E. MULREANY, H. E. THOMPSON. 

